The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum was inaugurated in the year 2000 within the innovative architectural complex unique created by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia. The enormous building rose to bring science closer to all audiences and for this reason it has amodern museum plan where technologies and interactive resources are essential in the journey of the same.
The facilities are made up of more than 40,000 square meters distributed among the rooms permanent exhibition -although it is undergoing continuous renovation to always be updated-, temporary exhibitions dedicated to different topics related to Sciences and Technologies , spaces where different cultural activities and scientific workshops are developed for various audiences, rooms where important meetings and international conferences are held, and areas leisure, restaurants and shopsto be able to rest while we complete our visit. The two main purposes of the institution are related to improving the cultural level of the population through the creation of innovative educational publications and its interactive program called "" ""No touching is prohibited"" in which the important thing is to feel and learn from everything that is shown there, inviting individual reflection and reactivating the critical capacity of visitors.
Summer months from 10:00 to 21:00 and winter months from 10:00 to 18:00. Special openings January 1 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., December 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., December 25 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Other nearby points of interest are the Fallero Museum, the Oceanográfico and the Hemisferic.